There is hardly anybody good for everything, and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing.

Fear manifested invites danger.

To write anything tolerable, the mind must be in a natural, proper disposition; provocatives, in that case, as well as in another,will only produce miserable, abortive performances.

The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.

Cautiously avoid speaking of the domestic affairs either of yourself, or of other people. Yours are nothing to them but tedious gossip; and theirs are nothing to you.

A man who cannot command his temper, his attention, and his countenance should not think of being a man of business.

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.